FIRST TIME HEARING Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife REACTION

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FIRST TIME HEARING Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife REACTION
FIRST TIME HEARING Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife REACTION
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@timothynoel786 2 ай бұрын

Amber's reaction when she realizes what the song is about is priceless!!😂

@strangeworldsunlimited712 12 күн бұрын

The double-take that Jay does at the cement bag line... 😂

@vintagehighlights 2 күн бұрын

Yeah she had me rollin'!

@garyarnett1220 2 жыл бұрын

The 4 women he mentions aren't victims , they're forming the line to help Mac spend all that loot. Excellent choice, a true classic, and HUGE hit.

@gailbug 2 жыл бұрын

Yep! A killer and a lady killer

@paulhagger3895 2 жыл бұрын

Lotte Lenya sang the song in it's original version in 1928. She was the wife of the composer Kurt Weill who wrote the song with Bertolt Brecht as part of "The Threepenny Opera".

@mikeguerrero72 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darren is one of those singers that had you snapping your fingers as soon a2s the song started. On top of that, he could make homicide $

@anthonyfieldhouse9691 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they were what's called gangsters molls

@jonm1114 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the ladies line up for the "bad boy".

@OrdinaryJack1912 8 ай бұрын

The genius of this song is being a story about a murder spree without ever mentioning the word murder, kill, blood etc, yet we still get a vivid image of what's going on

@ReapTheChaos Жыл бұрын

The look on her face when she realizes what the lyrics are about is priceless.

@dalemorris7014 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I've found myself there too. Ha ha ha!

@lindazee 2 жыл бұрын

This song is originally from a musical called "Three Penny Opera". The characters are named in the song. Bobby Darin turned it into a popular, jazzified tune that became a HUGE hit. Takes me way back to the very early 60s. And yes...it's about a murder!

@DerekDominoes 2 жыл бұрын

@Beverly Nelms Arranged... not wrote.

@edwardgozdowski834 2 жыл бұрын

Lotte Lenya sang this song in the original version of the 3 Penny Opera.

@rbash 2 жыл бұрын

And Threepenny Opera is in turn an adaptation of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay - which is nearly 300 YEARS OLD at this point! Macheath (who's a highwayman), Jenny Diver, and Suky Tawdry are all characters in the original play, so this song really has some history behind it!

@craigplatel813 2 жыл бұрын

I believe the original German version is much more brutal, talks about stabbing a woman, burning down a house with a family inside and violating a young widow. Very indicative of the between wars unsettled Germany

@elliotsmith9812 2 жыл бұрын

@@craigplatel813 Weirdly, though the play is set in London and critical of everything British, it was banned by the Nazi's.

@foolsjourney8118 2 жыл бұрын

Funny how they turned a noir song about a serial killer into a standard so catchy that most people forget what it's about.

@BonMooney 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin is the most underrated singer EVER!

@maureencollins5177 2 жыл бұрын

How did he make this sound so fun? That's why this is considered one of the best songs of the past 100 years. Bobby Darin took a explanatory 'murder ballad' from a German folk opera and with a swinging arrangement, multiple key changes, and 'that voice' made it a one in a million. Now listen to "Beyond The Sea", "If I Were a Carpenter", and "Simple Song of Freedom".

@LCCWPresents Жыл бұрын

What’s the source for the pre Bobby Darren sound?

@KenRoerden Жыл бұрын

@@LCCWPresents It is a German musical play The Three Penny Opera written by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill. It was made into a movie in 1931 with Lotte Kenya playing the part of Jenny Driver. She went on to play Rosa Klebb in the James Bond film From Russia With Love. I haven't seen the movie since college over 40 years ago. Need to check it out again. Apparently the German play was adapted from an English play written by John Gay called The Beggar's Opera.

@Jayscollo Жыл бұрын

I had no idea this was a remake from a penny opera, thanks for the fun fact

@antoinev9733 9 ай бұрын

@@KenRoerden brecht 1928 :)

@jeannedavies6813 5 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@LCCWPresentsLouis Armstrong was the first to swing it. He recorded it a couple of years before Darren.

@alexandervasel6845 2 жыл бұрын

The history of this song is crazy. It was written almost 100 years ago as part of a German "3 penny opera" basically musicals for working folks. Mack the knife is the bad guy in the play, some day based on a real guy. The song was remade by several people in different countries, but didn't blow up until Bobby Darin made it super cool 😎

@davewildermuth7519 2 жыл бұрын

Another great swing/crooner tune from Bobby Darin is "Beyond the Sea." Slightly less murder-y than this one.

@chelsea747 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@shadowsgathered6878 2 жыл бұрын

"Less murder-y" LOL!

@kathlelan 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs ever recorded. NEVER gets old. I could listen to it every day.

@TristanandIsolt 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

@gary1642 2 күн бұрын

I used to sing this song to my family as a little boy. My Uncle played it all the time and I picked up the lyrics. Weirdly 30yrs later my newborn Don was handed to me in the theatre by the medical staff after a section with this song playing. The surgeon either had a great taste or a very wicked sense of humour.

@sorrystaunton 2 жыл бұрын

Now listen to Bobby’s “Beyond The Sea” “Artificial Flowers” “Clementine” and “18 Yellow Roses”…he was the greatest…..died in 1973 at the age of 37, he had rheumatic fever as a child, developed heart problems and died after heart surgery. Thanks for bringing him back…

@carollittle1059 2 жыл бұрын

Also, If I Were a Carpenter.

@ewetoobblowzdogg8410 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the sea!!!

@petestaint8312 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the sea is awesome! 👍

@bennychristensen4314 2 жыл бұрын

Artificial Flowers is the most heartbreaking song ever.

@sexysadie2901 2 жыл бұрын

Call Me Irresponsible

@jangle4246 2 жыл бұрын

Because of the immense success of Bobby Darin's recording, "Mack the Knife" became one of the most-performed songs by nightclub and piano-bar singers throughout the '60s, and later, too.

@rebekahvillon4245 2 жыл бұрын

Love Louis Armstrong's version of this song!

@Alan_CFA Күн бұрын

Mack the Knife is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera. Lotta Lenya was married to Weill. Louie Armstrong added her name to the list of Mack’s female victims (“Look out to Miss Lotta Lenya”) The Bobby Darin version was recorded a few years later, in 1959. Lotta Leona played the villainess in From Russia with Love. She was the woman with the poison razor in her shoe.😁

@wishingb5859 10 ай бұрын

The song is originally in German. It is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. In The Threepenny Opera he tells the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera and it is all based on the life of Jack Sheppard.

@frankmastroianni2501 2 жыл бұрын

German song from 1928 "Three Penny Opera" - It was recoded many times but this version is considered to be the 3rd biggest song in the all-time Billboard Chart - It is about a murder.

@jamesalexander5623 2 жыл бұрын

.... A Murderer!

@GeekGinger 2 жыл бұрын

This song was so popular that other artists rushed to add it to their repertoire. I've heard Ella Fitzgerald doing a live version and she forgets the lyrics so she starts adlibbing. It's awesome and hilarious.

@kahuna754 2 жыл бұрын

Louis Armstrong did it before Bobby.

@johnandmarie7250 2 жыл бұрын

And Ella’s ad lib includes a nod to Bobby AND an awesome Armstrong imitation. The brilliance of the Jazz Greats.

@DrCecil86 2 жыл бұрын

Live from Budapest is an awesome one from her doing this song.

@shanemcconnell358 2 жыл бұрын

I found the video clip of her live performance of the song and posted it above for Jay and Amber to see. Ella was a legend to wing it and keep going. It was funny and so cool.

@markadolph8715 2 жыл бұрын

The album "Ella in Berlin" contains her forgotten lyrics version, and it's one of the best versions of this song you'll ever hear.

@davelegget1000 9 күн бұрын

#1 song in 1969 . pop chart . Darin was amazing singer , composer , arranger and performer . Played like 5 or 6 instruments . very very talented. died at 37.

@sherronclavier1705 Жыл бұрын

When I was a teenager I had such a crush on Bobby Darin. He was a real heart throb. I was a 25 year old new Mom, living in Japan with my Navy husband, when I heard he had died after having heart surgery. I have never forgotten how devastated I was.

@craigharris9185 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin was great. His songs really ran the gambit of styles and genres. Rock and roll, crooner, folk. Lot of variety. I suggest “Beyond The Sea” That’s a great one

@armynurseboy 2 жыл бұрын

Probably his most famous song.

@karenkat1111 2 жыл бұрын

Love it!!!

@rbash 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! If you want to hear Bobby Darin swing, you have to hear Beyond the Sea. And there's no blood in it. :)

@edprzydatek8398 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't he kind of become a "hippie" and put out a song called "Me and Mr. Hohner"? (Hohner harmonica)

@johnd8892 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the Sea another clever re working of an older song finding a new audience who had not heard the original : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNyVeM6nmcCxaJ8.html

@jesseheiman1806 2 жыл бұрын

They were really worried about giving Bobby Darin this song. He was not always a "Crooner". One of his previous hits was Splish Splash, a kookie pop song. But they went ahead and let him record this song and it became a jazz standard. Every crooner worth his salt has recorded or performed this jazz classic. Bobby started recording more crooner records and gave up the pop music. He had a fantastic voice and could even make a song about a serial killer sound cool.

@lipby 2 жыл бұрын

It was a jazz standard when he recorded it.

@jesseheiman1806 2 жыл бұрын

@@lipby True, but not really well known. I know that it was written originally for the musical Three Penny Opera and Louis Armstrong also recorded it. But I was not well known until Bobby Darin's recording. Then it took off on both the jazz and pop charts.

@leonardshevlin7260 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't croon "Mack the Knife". A crooner sings a romantic song softly. That's what crooning is. It ain't singing uptempo songs about stabbings with a swinging orchestra.

@davelegget1000 2 жыл бұрын

@@jesseheiman1806 advancement in media exposure was a huge factor as is the case nowadays with you tube , face book , twitter and what ever else .

@davelegget1000 2 жыл бұрын

Darin idolized Sinatra . used rock to get to the top. never intended to do rock as career.. probably the most talented performer ever. played drums , zylaphone , horn , harmonica , guitar . piano , bones . used to arrange music for Debby Reynolds niteclub act . nominated for acting award . remember years ago friend got married and went to Vegas on honey moon . saw Elvis and Bobby(incedently preferred BOB toBobby) they said Darin was way better . Had better presence and mixed it up with audience . also did imitations. Had his own tv show . singer songwriter is putting it mildly.

@kurtjk01 2 жыл бұрын

Love me some Bobby. Nat King Cole had the smoother, smokier voice; Frankie had the deeper thrum and the decades of chops; Dean-o was uber sexy with the suave voice; and Sammy was Mr. Entertainment, able to dance, play, and reach right into your heart with his voice . . . But Bobby could cut between rock and swing and folk, and make it all seem so effortless yet astounding. Truly the King of Cool in his day and age, funny and sweet and relatable. Damn I wish he had lived longer.

@charlesbeckner7657 11 ай бұрын

The band was killing it too!

@armynurseboy 2 жыл бұрын

Need to do "Beyond the Sea". Probably Darrin's most iconic song. And yes, this song is about a hit man: MacHeath (Mack) "The Knife"....

@pladuke71 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Awesome song!

@johnd8892 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the Sea a clever rework of an older iconic French song. So iconic that Mr Bean used it to evoke this scene from France : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zq-pntFl0qi4aYk.html

@larrystuder8543 2 жыл бұрын

The original song is a long list of the crimes MacHeath ( Mack the Knife) has committed. Everybody knows it was him, but nobody can prove it. And all the ladies love him...

@singluna888 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the sea is one of his best!

@TristanandIsolt 5 ай бұрын

Mack the Knife is Bobby's most iconic song. Beyond the Sea is good. Mack the Knife is LEGENDARY.

@snardfluk 2 жыл бұрын

There is a story behind this song. It is from a very dark German musical (before World War II) from the 1930s called “The Three Penny Opera”. It is about a London criminal called MacHeath or Mac the Knife. It is based on a much lighter operetta from the 1790s called “The Beggars Opera”. Somebody made the jazzy version Bobby Daren recorded. It was very popular and was covered separately by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. “The Three Penny Opera” was written by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht. Lotte Kenya was a real person. She was married to Kurt Weil and appeared in the original stage play of the show. She played an evil Spy in “From Russia With Love” and tried to kick 007 with poisoned knives in her shoes. Also, Mac didn’t kill the ladies. He spent money on them he stole from the men he killed. Nice guy, huh?

@BaronessErsatz 2 жыл бұрын

Ja, Der Bettler Oper. I learned about it in college.

@coolcpa3321 2 жыл бұрын

Saw Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" at London's National Theatre in 1986. Tim Curry was Macheath. It was a traditional production so not at all "jazzy". Curry's rendition of "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" was a bit of a surprise for those of us that knew only Bobby Darin's hit.

@snardfluk 2 жыл бұрын

@@coolcpa3321 I saw “Three Penny Opera” in Austin more than 30 years ago. There was a German movie of it made in the early 1930s, pre-Hitler, of course. It has been on Taylor Classic Movies.

@BaronessErsatz 2 жыл бұрын

@@coolcpa3321, my professor played a recording of the original version of the song. It was an organ grinder's tune! So dismal. So why not have a crooner spiff it up a bit?

@snardfluk 2 жыл бұрын

@@coolcpa3321 Laurence Olivier made a film of a musical version of “The Beggar’s Opera” of the 1790s. His MacHeath was a romantic swashbuckling highwayman, not the deranged killer of the Weimar reimagining.

@TheMartinick Жыл бұрын

I saw Bobby perform in 1960 at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas. He was mesmerizing. Indeed, he sang, “Mack the Knife.” He was on stage w George Burns. Class act.

@starwood213 Жыл бұрын

What a great thing. He was supposed to be a legendary performer.

@andrewrobinson3605 Жыл бұрын

That’s a night out

@garyarnett1220 Жыл бұрын

Okay... so I'm now envious... could it get any better?

@mikeboudreau 10 ай бұрын

Very cool

@TristanandIsolt 5 ай бұрын

Bobby Darin and George Burns? I am so Jelly.

@ericallen774 2 жыл бұрын

I just love it how Amber always catches the point pretty quickly, Bobby Darrin should sing a song about her!!

@paulguthrie4857 Жыл бұрын

He's been dead since 73

@sarahjaneblenkhorn8821 2 жыл бұрын

Ella Fitzgerald covered this, too; she famously 'forgot' the words and skatted her way out. Oh, and 'the line forms on the right' because Mack's a ladies' man as well as a murderer.

@toniwilson1579 2 жыл бұрын

So did Dean Martin. Only make sense he sung it to cause Dean was definitely a lady man.

@jvsmith7888 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin was an incredible talent who knew his time was limited. Born with a bad heart he knew he was not going to live a long life. He may have died too young at age 37 but he left an incredible legacy of music.

@RobertSmith-iw2kb Жыл бұрын

He was as cool as it got in those days.

@dmanwainright2132 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not know that, what a bad ass singer!

@stephenbromley1876 9 ай бұрын

Bless him , left a great legacy.

@T-bone1950 6 ай бұрын

He had parts in quite a few movies too. My favorite one is "Captain Newman, M.D."

@paultfarina 3 ай бұрын

This was a great dance song. We use to do the Lindy Hop. A slow version of the Jitter Bug. I'm 89 and enjoying this. Great reaction guy's

@iammorethd 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, so this song is not about the subject matter really..he could be singing about a pot of soup. What does need to be acknowledged here is what Bobby is DOING with this song; It's about the arrangement, the insane phrasing, the timing, how he moves when he sings it, and yea..the voice and vocal styling. A crazy talent that got cut too short. I'm still crushing on Bobby after all these decades .

@clarerobards3781 Жыл бұрын

Only really started to really listen to Darin recently. Your comments about his style and delivery are spot on.

@kraig7777 Жыл бұрын

He does a lot of fun songs that sound like they would be easy to sing, until you actually try to sing them lol.

@tomlew55 2 жыл бұрын

"Mack the Knife" was composed on a whim by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill while they were putting the finishing touches on Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928. As the story goes, the diva-esque tenor who was playing the part of Mackie Messer, a.k.a. Macheath or Mack the Knife, suggested that a whole song should be written to introduce his character before he comes on stage. "the essence of the song is: Oh, look who's coming onstage, it's Mack the Knife-a thief, murderer, arsonist, and rapist."

@chrisdutton2975 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the description. I've never been able to make heads or tails of the lyrics of this song. Something bad is going down and there's this guy who's at the center of it. But it always felt like I was missing a lot of detail.

@lancers8666 2 жыл бұрын

Great reaction. Bobby was a genius as he also did the musical arrangements for his songs. The perfect word description for the crooners of this era was “swinging”. Sammy, Frank and Dean were the tops of this time, but everyone knew, including those three, that Bobby could swing harder then any of them. For a more fun and light song, there’s his all time, legendary performance of “Beyond the Sea”.

@Jer-7007 7 күн бұрын

the line about Miss Lotte Lenya, is a reference to one of the actresses in the play, "Three Penny Opera", from which this song originates. Lotte Lenya's best known role is in the 1963 James Bond movie, "From Russia with Love" where she plays the enemy agent, Rosa Klebb (an old lady who fights Bond with poison-tipped switchblades in her shoes). In interviews, she has claimed that whenever she met someone after that movie, they always looked down at her shoes!

@deniseward8003 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby’s version of this song was so cool, and so entertaining that no one gave a hoot about the words when recorded or ever after. We LOVED the delivery, masterful key changes, finger-snapping, and the iconic ending.

@dagmar.6954 2 жыл бұрын

He started his career as a songwriter for "Connie Francis". He was an American singer, musician & actor. He performed all styles of music such as jazz, pop, rock & roll, folk, swing, & country music. He had many hits from the late 50's-60's such as "Splish Splash", "Dream Lover", "Mack The Knife", "Beyond The Sea", "Things", "You're The Reason I'm Living", "18 Yellow Roses" & "If I Were A Carpenter". Darin married actress Sandra Dee in 1960 whom he met while filming the movie "Come September". Darin suffered from poor health his entire life & died in 1973 at the age of only 37.

@kahuna754 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of Miss Connie Francis, she'd be a great add for female Friday. Who's Sorry Now? is likely her most popular song.

@jeanstrickland2445 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn’t know all that, that’s fascinating and sad at the same time😃

@paulpeterson4216 2 жыл бұрын

If you're liking this one. Roger Miller has "King of the Road" very different theme, but very much a storyteller song. This link is to when he did this (very short) song on The Dean Martin Show, so you get color footage and a little bit of a Rat Packer as a bonus. It was originally from 1965.

@pladuke71 2 жыл бұрын

Love "King of the Road". It's on my road trip play list. Great song!

@allisonreed7682 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” and Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons!”

@moodyblues108 2 жыл бұрын

OMG they have to do King of the Road.

@pattiaustin1808 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes! Play King Of The Road!

@frankbonacci4972 2 жыл бұрын

Amber's reactions, when she first figures out what the song's about, are absolutely priceless.

@hickokhaley 2 жыл бұрын

OMG lol. I'm 71, and all of these years I too just listened to the beat, sound, and the energy of the song. Not the words. What a eye opener. I was 10 yrs when the song came out. Very innocent back in 1960. Nobody could have sung that song better then Bobby Darin. What a voice.

@bethcrumpton476 2 жыл бұрын

Please consider Mr. Darin's version of "If I Were A Carpenter". Very beautiful and emotional. Makes me cry every time.

@matthewnickerson8629 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is easily the best version of the song.

@jussinawaydeanamortl5680 2 жыл бұрын

Better than Johnny and June? That’s the version I know.

@matthewnickerson8629 2 жыл бұрын

@@jussinawaydeanamortl5680 I think so...it's just so heartfelt. Give it a listen.

@sunsungoaway 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Yes Yes!!!

@edprzydatek8398 2 жыл бұрын

Written by Tim Hardin, I believe.

@merlinsclaw 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so proud of Amber for deciphering the lyrics! 😀

@dcool2u2 2 жыл бұрын

I love how Amber's expressions showed her internal struggle of the fight between the grewsom words and the "fun" feel of the song! 😄 6:28

@nancyhelpinstill1834 2 жыл бұрын

Huge kudos to the arranger of this recording. The band was perfect - so low key at the beginning, building up to full blown brass by the end. Genius! Love ya, Bobby!

@Barristerboy 2 жыл бұрын

Love Ella Fitzgerald's version in Berlin when she forgets some of the lyrics x

@cassiereroni 2 жыл бұрын

You do need to jump deep into the Bobby Darin rabbit hole. His variety of style is surprising and amazing.

@freda9809 2 жыл бұрын

One night I was in a bar next to a theatre and some of the performers came in for drinks after they were done. This song came on and the entire bar started singing. It was amazing! The musical was La Cage aux Folles (so lots of men).

@carolTaiChi 3 ай бұрын

I'd LOVE to see your first reaction to Bobby Darin's "Up a Lazy River." The man was a genius in performance. He took blah 50's tunes and turned them into big band style classes with a punch of jazz.

@TitosVlogWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear this song, it reminds me of the 80's McDonald's commercial "Mac Tonight," when they sample Mack The Knife to sell burgers. Now I'm hungry for a Big Mac. lol :)

@tenchisaotome 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou, I'm glad I'm not the only one now craving McDonald's.

@tjhunger8644 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Beyond the Sea it's a 2004 American biographical musical drama based on the life of Bobby Darin it depicts his rise to success in both music and film during the 50s and 60s as well as his marriage to Sandra Dee portrayed by Kate Bosworth

@John-cs9wu 8 минут бұрын

Song from 'Three Penny Opera' written by German playwrite Bertolt Brecht.

@yambo59 11 ай бұрын

Mack the knife is a hit man --- very famous old tune played on juke boxes for decades

@EcclesiasticusRex 2 жыл бұрын

By the way, your reaction when you realized what it was about was priceless.

@jackies5481 2 жыл бұрын

If you had done a performance version (as I have suggested), you would see the swagger, finger-snapping and PERFORMANCE.

@PamArtsValentine 5 ай бұрын

At the time everyone was saying Jazz was dead & Bobby Darin stepped up & said "No way!" He made Mack the Knife & brought Jazz back to the front. And, my favorite Bobby Darin song is :Beyond the Sea- if you haven't heard it, I highly recommend it!

@suewilliamson5382 2 жыл бұрын

One crooner I don’t think you’ve covered is Tony Bennett. His most famous song is “I Left My Heart in San Francisco “, which was released in 1962. He has been around for decades and is now 95. In 2016 he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Last year he completed a farewell tour with Lady Gaga.

@freyastewart3964 2 жыл бұрын

He also did a duet with Amy Winehouse for his duets album called "Body and Soul"

@andrewpayne4466 2 жыл бұрын

@@freyastewart3964 Didn't know he lived that long, I will have to look up Body and Soul

@freyastewart3964 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpayne4466 Tony Bennet is still about though I don't know if he's still singing

@helindove2237 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Bennett retired from performing at the age of 95. August 5, 2021 was his last-ever performance. Despite his Alzheimer's disease, he was able to retain and sing almost every word of the lyrics of his songs. I hope he still sings at home because that makes him come alive!

@SuperJoy71 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please do TONY Bennett

@debrabeck9630 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a Mafia Killer, as lethal as a shark.You got it. Takes a while, because Bobby Darin is so smooth.

@yvonnemendez3075 4 ай бұрын

This is music rip Bobby 😢❤

@NancyPollyCy 10 ай бұрын

Lotte Lenya was the wife of Kurt Weill who was the composer for Threepenny Opera and player Jenny Diver in the show's premiere. We read it in the original German in college and acted out scenes in the university theater. It was, to say the least, an ... interesting ... experience.

@allisonreed7682 2 жыл бұрын

His rendition of Tim Hardin’s “If I Were a Carpenter” is sublime perfection. What a tragedy that he left this world so young.

@Happyheretic2308 2 жыл бұрын

Robert Plant sings this one too, and it's sublime.

@allisonreed7682 2 жыл бұрын

@@Happyheretic2308 yes! His version is so beautiful!

@AL13NM 2 жыл бұрын

Timeless Classic! VOLARE cover by BOBBY RYDELL is Pure Fire!!!

@shalalala3032 2 жыл бұрын

So i had to Google the meaning behind this song, so this is what I got: "Mack" is Macheath, the title character, portrayed as a criminal. The light melody can make this feel like an upbeat song, but it contrasts sharply with the lyrics, which are about a murderer. Darin decided to perform this song when he saw a production of The Threepenny Opera in Greenwich Village in 1958.

@josephhyland8904 Жыл бұрын

All the people in this song are characters in a play called "The Three Penny Opera." (IIRC)

@Head-ck4hu 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond the Sea is a movie about Bobby Darin's life. It stars Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. Bosworth plays Sandra Dee who Darin was married to. Spacey sings all the songs and pulls it off. Bobby is my favorite singer. If you like horns there is no better at big band. Nightingale sang in Berkley Square, Hello Dolly, Artificial Flowers(another sad song), If I were a Carpenter, A Little song of Freedom and to close out the set The Curtain Falls (pun intended).

@davelegget1000 2 жыл бұрын

another song " Me and Mr Hoener" is close to being rap.

@frankthomas246 2 жыл бұрын

Iconic song from an iconic performer from the crooner days, great pick, I like Ambers reaction when she realizes what the content of the song is, but still a good song, “Beyond the sea” is also a good one from him🎙😎✌️(southside OG)

@arthurconan1899 4 ай бұрын

Bob Darin ... So natural . So brilliant... one off. X... First White and only Singer to be signed by Mowtown...

@user-bc4lz9ii6p Ай бұрын

This song is from the musical 'Three Penny Opera'. Expertly performed by none other than Louis Armstrong as well as Ella Fitzgerald. This is the most popular recording of it, with good reason. Bobby Darin was incomparable.

@daniellecarr5014 2 жыл бұрын

Also, this song has been performed by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and a host of other stars. Who would have imagined that a serial killer could be so entertaining?

@dr.burtgummerfan439 2 жыл бұрын

I really like Sinatra's version.😎👍

@blueycarlton 2 жыл бұрын

Louis Armstrong's version was the hit in Australia in 1956. I believe the BBC banned it in Britain. This version by Darin made the lower level of the charts in Melbourne in 1960.

@strangeworldsunlimited712 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby started as a rock n roll singer (check out "Splish Splash") and then evolved into more of a swing style crooner. This is one of his best known "crooner" songs. The other one is "Beyond the Sea" (check that one out too).

@pattiaustin1808 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, kids, as soon as I saw y’all were about to react to Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin, I started laughing because I knew you were in for a surprise. It was so fun watching your reactions! Bobby Darin was the coolest cat ever when he sang this song, and he always knocked it outta the park.

@christopherphillips8027 Жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin. A crooner. One of the best male singers of all time. Lost him at age 37. Died too young. He was awesome. Love you guys.

@chrisbateman5358 2 жыл бұрын

LOL It took J about half the song to realize that this is about a mafia hit man... Great voice and fantastic presentation. Bobby Darin was always a class act. Super reaction J & Amber... luv you guys!

@jeffking4176 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and an Academy Award Nominee, so a Fantastic actor as well. 📻🙂

@andrewpayne4466 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatLynnGirl Why do people have to defame the dead on a fan page, you need to look at tour own life, is it so good. own life

@jeffking4176 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpayne4466 ❓

@jeffking4176 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpayne4466 Who’s “DE-faming him❓ 📻😳

@JazzDogTraveler Ай бұрын

I think that Darin's version, with its multiple key-changes can be considered the "gold standard," by which all versions present, past, and future will be measured.

@tsully4368 2 жыл бұрын

More Jethro Tull: "My God", "Cross-eyed Mary", "To Cry you a Song", 'Wind Up" "Teacher", "The Whistler" "To Old To Rock 'n Roll"...

@VicEclectica 2 жыл бұрын

The line forming on the right was for the ladies - he wasn't killing them - he was partying with them with the money he stole from the men he killed... it's from a play called Three Penny Opera, about a gangster named Mack the Knife (MacHeath). It's a helluva song, tho! lol

@evanleehome2178 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most complicated and brilliant song arrangements ever! And Darin was the perfect singer to pull it off!

@fredericwild734 2 жыл бұрын

The song was originally sung by Lotte Lenya in Berlin in German! It was written by Kurt Weil for his musical "Three Penny Opera". This was in the 1920's shortly before the fall of The Weimer Republic. Though in economic depression it was a period of great political and artistic freedom; all of this creativity was swept away by Hitler and The Nazis! Many artist fled from Europe. Lotte Lenya fled to America and had a long career on Broadway and in Film. She lived to be 83 and played a great villain in the 2nd James Bond film: "From Russia With Love" Check out her original version!

@EconAdviser 4 ай бұрын

I recall how this song dominated sales for months and months. Perhaps as big as Volare in 1958. This was a world famous light German opera. Song was used for the ape trio in the Ernie Kovack's TV show. Lotta Lenya was a German actress. This was back when the world was completely different!!!!!

@vodriscoll 2 жыл бұрын

I heard this song numerous times growing up and never really listened to the words. I had no idea this about a serial killer. Wow!

@tigerprayers2824 2 жыл бұрын

Lol we had the 45 in the 70s growing up. Must've played it 500 times without a clue. Too busy happily snapping my fingers - so funny!

@kahuna754 2 жыл бұрын

Same. But I finally learned what it was about around 10 years ago.

@stevegillaspy9458 2 жыл бұрын

You guys also need to get some of the Platters to react to. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "Only you", and "The Great Pretender" will time warp you into the late 50's and make you think you were there.

@GairBear49 2 жыл бұрын

This song is from a "play with music", play by Bretolt Bercht with music by Kurt Weil. You might be interested in listening to it in the original German. Lotta Lenya mentioned in the song was a singer in the musical. She played Pirate Jenny. She was married to Kurt Weil. You might have her on Female Friday, she sings "Mack the Knife" as well. Weil and Lenya left Germany after the Nazis took over and they settled in New York City. He wrote an number of Broadway Musicals "Street Scene" " The Seven Deadly Sins" and "Down in the Valley". Lenya also acted, she was in one of the Bond films "From Russia With Love".

@TRob52 Жыл бұрын

I was turned on the this masterpiece while working as a bus boy in 1984. There was live music on Saturdays and the 3 man band played this…. Sooo good

@helgar791 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps Bobby Darin's greatest cover. Certainly his arrangement of this is the most copied in the pop genre. In the musical "Three Penny Opera", from which this song is taken, this theme song opens the play. Three Penny Opera is a "murder play", the style of which is very old. The characters mentioned in the song (Jenny Diver etc.) all play prominent roles in the play. Except for Lotte Lenya who was the wife of the Kurt Weill, the man who wrote the music, and the star of the musical. Bobby's second greatest cover was "Beyond The Sea", a song originally composed by Charles Trenet, and which was named "La Mer".

@swanvictor887 2 жыл бұрын

Lotte Lenya can be seen playing Rosa Klebb in the Bond film, From Russia With Love.

@helgar791 2 жыл бұрын

@@swanvictor887 You're not old enough to remember, but she was also a frequent performer on the old Ed Sullivan shows.

@swanvictor887 2 жыл бұрын

@@helgar791 Alas, Ed Sullivan never made it across the pond to the UK, so, I've only ever seen the odd clip of his shows!

@helgar791 2 жыл бұрын

@@swanvictor887 Damn and double damn. You can however see some of this icons shows on KZfaq. Ed was the most unlikely host for a show. Every show he showed his stage fright and on occasion his nervousness was epic. But if you were anything in entertainment you performed on his show. He also had his favorites, and if he soured on you your career was ruined. But the great singers of the R&B/R&R era, whether black or white, were by damn, going to be on his show no matter what. He was a big fan of performers such as Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, The Supremes (who appeared 14 times on his show) and Ray Charles, as well as Elvis, The Beatles, and most British bands of the period including The Rolling Stones, who were on many times. Bill Haley and the Comets performed in 1955, and were the first R&R acts to perform on American national TV.

@swanvictor887 2 жыл бұрын

@@helgar791 I have seen and enjoyed the infamous appearance by the King, Elvis! He caused one hell of a stir I remember, with his "Lewd and Indecent Dancing!" as they screamed in outrage in the South! lol. Truly was a remarkable show, thanks for your info!

@kathleenmenker3853 2 жыл бұрын

The first Bobby Darin hit I remember was “Splish Splash”. It was the summer of ‘58. I was 14 and looking forward to starting high school in the fall. I love all of Bobby’s songs. I have several of them on 45s still on my record rack.

@valeriemoore2762 11 ай бұрын

Remember Chemmetine ? .c

@danwilliams9299 2 жыл бұрын

He put -cement shoes-on the guy he killed. Keepin it clean with white gloves. A ladies man who is also a killer! Lov his style! Smooth as… lov ur reaction to it, try goin bk and listening to the band behind him. Great artists! Dan-2/09/22

@tensiacovino4676 29 күн бұрын

You guys would def love "Beyond the Sea".. another awesome singer gone so young!

@ericdavison5434 2 жыл бұрын

This song came from a Bertolt ballad "Mackie Messer". Bobbbie gave it a new life with his jazz/pop style. His period song "Split-Splash". was truly pop masterpiece.

@andrewpayne4466 2 жыл бұрын

Splish Splash I was taking bath, all on a Saturday night, rub a dub dub, three men in a tub and everthings all right. sung by Bobby.

@andrewpayne4466 2 жыл бұрын

A great early pop song.

@leo1314ok 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a rock fan and this is one of my favourite songs of all time! It's about a mob assassin/gangster! My all time favourite karaoke song to sing. Now speaking of rock, still waiting on you reacting to Status Quo! Come on guys!!!

@michaellazzeri9439 2 жыл бұрын

Bobby Darin, born--------Roberto Tomasso Cossato, in Philly . Tragically, he died on the operating table during what was then, a high-risk mitral valve replacement surgery. That was 1973. Bobby Darin could do anything ; and, he was a class act, all the way. -----------MJL, 75 y/o

@oldcougar65 9 ай бұрын

Lotte Lenya, mentioned in the song, appeared in the play, "The Threepenny Opera" in the 1920's when the song was introduced. She married the play's director. Bobby Darin's version of the song was the biggest hit of 1959. It was totally unlike anything currently being recorded for rock and roll audiences. Actually, I think it was Darin doing Sinatra. Pretty well, too.

@ronnix23 2 жыл бұрын

One artist that did everything from rock to disco, and pop to r&b, actually finished his career as a crooner. That would be Rod Stewart who you've already reacted to. I'd love to see you guys do one of his crooner songs.

@tedmaloof234 2 жыл бұрын

Ella Fitzgerald singing this live in Berlin, is a must hear. She forgot some of the words, and add libed sections.

@kathyrams 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the BEST version!! Gotta love Ella!

@MetFan37 Ай бұрын

Hey....9 weeks at #1 back in 1959 (the year I was born), from "The Threepenny Opera", from almost 30 years previous. Such was the genius of Bobby Darin that he could make a song about murder so much fun!! Bobby wanted to be a legend by the time he was 25, because he had a heart condition (he achieved his goal), and was a legend when he died at 36.

@salsanchez4177 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!!! I love it! I love it! When Amber started to realize what the song was about, will be a priceless moment forever. LOL!!! Yup! this is a GREAT song

@kcw 2 жыл бұрын

The sound vs the lyrics is the definition of Juxtaposition. Such opposite experiences at the same time and it actually worked in this case. Genius!

@MrEvenStranger 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all are killing me (pun intended)! When Amber talked about how it "Sounds SO FUN!" and Jay looked at her with that "Oh #$*%" look on his face. Dead! Love you guys!

@charmagnecollick9788 2 жыл бұрын

I luv the moment Amber starts to realize the story of the song!

@dalemorris7014 3 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorites! Bobby Darin was spectacular. Gone way too soon. I laughed aloud when you paused because of the words. I've often found myself toe-tapping and feeling really upbeat and then thinking "wait a minute, we're talking about a murder here!" Nobody else could've pulled this off. Spectacular. Dick Clark didn't think Darin had a chance with it. Boy, was he wrong!

@byrontowles2018 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Now it's time for you to react to Ella Fitzgerald's version of "Mack The Knife" from her album "Ella Live In Berlin", where she famously forgot the lyrics and created an all-time great jazz classic! The album is in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and if I'm not mistaken was the best selling album of her career.

@rbash 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion. This channel definitely needs more Ella!

@manuelalvarez8966 2 жыл бұрын

How high the moon. (masterpiece) Del mismo album